Performances

Pianist, singer, and composer Harry Connick, Jr. dazzled the audience as he realized his lifelong dream of playing at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York City, where music excellence has reigned since its opening in 1891. Carnegie Hall Festivals: United In Sound: America at 250 presented Harry Connick, Jr. on May 22-23, 2026, for a 2-night engagement performing with the Orchestra Victoria with Jessica Gethin conducting, and Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band, and Luxury Experience was there to experience …

The Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut has a long history of theatre excellence and the upcoming season is brilliant. On May 27, 2026, we attended a very special preview in the Westport Country Playhouse’s Barn with Artistic Director Mark Shanahan who announced their exciting 2026-2027 season. which features six plays, including two world premieres. The Playhouse celebrates its 96th season this year and their 2026-2027 schedule offers something for everyone with a comedy, a musical, a murder mystery, a …

If you have a love hate relationship with your job, 9 to 5 the Musical is the perfect way to ease into the weekend at Music Theatre of Connecticut (MTC) in Norwalk, Connecticut. Based on the hilarious 1980s film, 9 to 5, which featured Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dabney Coleman, the musical version has music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and a book adapted by Patricia Resnick. Directed by Amy Griffin, 9 to 5 the Musical stars …

Change, while some love it, for others it can be daunting. Playwright Eboni Booth’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize Award play, Primary Trust, looks at change, loss, and friendships that will leave you talking about this dynamic play long after you leave the theatre. We saw Primary Trust on Opening Night, Saturday, April 18, 2026 at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut starring an impeccable cast of Jasminn Johnson, Greg Stuhr, Alphonso Walker, Jr., and Lance Coadie Williams, and directed by …

Frank McCourt’s play, The Irish… and How They Got That Way, at the Music Theatre of Connecticut (MTC) in Norwalk, Connecticut was the perfect way to celebrate the upcoming Saint Patrick’s Day. We saw the play on opening night, Saturday, March 7, 2026, when every seat in the theatre was filled with enthusiast patrons. The play is much more than a mere play, it is a love story that tells the history of the Irish and how they made their …

It was a sensational evening of Jazz with 2025 GRAMMY® Nominee Christie Dashiell and her Quartet at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York. If you have never been to Caramoor, it is worth a trip from anywhere to visit there, and for the opportunity to experience Christie Dashiell in concert in such a magnificent setting, made for a most memorable and magical evening of music. Once the magnificent home of Walter and Lucie Rosen, Caramoor …

Ken Ludwig’s play, The Fox on the Fairway provided a hilarious evening of merriment at the Music Theatre of Connecticut (MTC) in Norwalk, Connecticut. The play has a brilliant, fast-paced script about two rival country club’s annual golf tournament complete with zany characters played to great aplomb by the actors Missy Dowse, Ted Gibson, Sean Hannon, Josh Powell, Anette Michelle Sanders, and Erin M. Williams, and directed by Amy Griffin. If you need a laugh-out-loud night of entertainment, The Fox …

Oscar Wilde’s farcical comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest opened the 2025-2026 season at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut on November 1, 2025. First performed at the St. James Theatre in London, England, on February 14, 1895, the play still has the power to keep audiences rollicking with laugh-out-loud laughter over the antics of the characters where mistaken identities and cutting-edge dialogue about love, marriage, and high society, make for a very enjoyable evening of theatre. Melissa Rain …

Choreographer, writer, and filmmaker Emily Coates told the rest of the story with her latest dance composition, Tell Me Where It Comes From, at the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. What started as a work in progress based on the dance composition archives of the legendary George Balanchine with a working title of The Scattering which we experienced in March 2025, came full circle with the culmination of Tell Me Where It Comes From, …

What we especially appreciate about the programs at the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut is their wonderful diversity, a heady mélange that range from music, to lectures, to Met Opera Live in HD, dance, theatre, and much more. On Friday, September 26, 2025, we had the pleasure of experiencing Rebcca Lazier’s Noli Timere (from Latin as “be not afraid”) that deftly combined Rebecca’s passion and experience as a director and choreographer with renowned sculptor …